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10 Tips for a healthy back

1. Exercise regularly 2. Maintain a healthly weight 3. Maintain good posture 4. Stretch your spine before and after sports 5. Don't overload your backpack or shoulder bag 6. Stretch your legs and back after each hour of sitting 7. Never cradle the phone between your neck and shoulder 8. Sleep on your back or side, not on your stomach 9. Invest in a good chair, pillow and mattress--it's worth it Have regular spinal check-ups with a chiropractor

Human heart can grow new cells, study finds - TODAY Health - TODAY.com

    By Clara MoskowitzStaff writer updated 4/2/2009 2:52:39 PM ET It was long thought that the human heart, like the brain, was unable to grow new cells after birth. But today scientists announced the first evidence that new heart cells are made throughout a person's life. Brain cells also grow and change well into adulthood, scientists announced a few years ago. "If you cut your skin, your skin can heal. If you break your bone, bones can heal. But organs like the heart and brain, people thought, couldn't make new cells ," said Ratan Bhardwaj of the University of Toronto. "But now we've shown that the human heart does make new cells." Bhardwaj and colleagues detail their discovery in the April 3 issue of the journal Science. "We feel that this is a very fundamental breakthrough in basic science," Bhardwaj told LiveScience. "We totally open the door for future therapies." For instance, the finding could help doctors design treatments
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